Le Caravansérail wins the coveted EMTV Award!
Early Music Television celebrates its three-year anniversary and the launch of a new and improved platform with the EMTV Award: a chance for you to let us know your all-time favorite concert recording available to watch on EMTV. The winning concert: Four Bachs in Berlin by Le Caravansérail!
Everyone who voted, has received a link to watch the winning concert for free this weekend.
Team's choice: Louise Godschalk (ticket sales & marketing and communication)
"I never expected to enjoy a harpsichord recital so much, until I heard Marie van Rhijn play at the Festival Oude MuziekUtrecht 2021. She gave a very nice concert with very animated and narrative music. She really brought Marin Marais’ Opera Alcide to life on the harpsichord."
Marie van Rhijn – Marais’ Alcide on the harpsichord (Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2021)
Team's choice: Vera Vos (head of marketing & communications)
"I experienced my first Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht behind the scenes in 2018. Much of the repertoire was still a mystery to me. Attending this concert by Diabolus in music, I was struck by the beautiful music, the serenity, the concentration in the hall... This was the moment I discovered the magic of renaissance polyphony for the first time. When we launched EMTV and I found out that this concert had been recorded at the time, I was elated. A special concert memory, which I can now relive again and again."
Diabolus in Musica - Requiem: Ockeghem and De La Rue(Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2018)
Team's choice: Judith Heeres (office manager)
"I count English lute songs among the most moving music, sometimes with a somewhat sad slant that expresses how hard life could be in the sixteenth century. Beauty with a bitter edge, which makes it all the more touching. Beautifully performed here by soprano Stefanie True and lutenist Shizuko Noiri."
Stefanie True & Shizuko Noiri – O solitude (Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2020)
Team's choice: Hitske Aspers (project leader EMTV)
"I have to admit: Johann Sebastian Bach is not among my favorite composers. That is why I chose not to attend this concert by Le Caravansérail during the Festival Oude MuziekUtrecht 2022. When putting together the trailers for Early Music Television after the festival, I listened to it for the first time and immediately regretted not attending! Fantastic musicianship, a varied program and beautiful interaction between the musicians and Bertrand Cuiller make for a beautiful recording that I've enjoying listening to several times since.”
Le Caravansérail / Bertrand Cuiller - Four Bachs in Berlin(Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2022)
Team's choice: Wilmer de Jong (head of ticketing)
"In the spring of 2021, a beautiful series of recordings was made at the Kerk van de Evangelische Broedergemeente in Zeist. While all regular programmering had to be cancelledduring this unpleasant covid period, a large number of musicians was able to perform their music for Early Music Television. My favorite concert from this series is Stylusphantasticus by Castello Consort- my first introduction tothe ensemble, and I was sold immediately. What fantasticmusic, how wonderfully played!"
Castello Consort - Stylus phantasticus: Buxtehude, Frescobaldi, Rosenmüller
Team's choice: Angeliki Dourdoumpaki (development content & partnerships EMTV)
"Early music is not confined to dusty archives. To me, it is vibrant, alive, and brings joy! L’Arpeggiata’s concert The Golden Tower, recorded at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2024, is a perfect example of this: a vibrant exploration of the (often-forgotten) beauty of Latin American musical heritage that bursts with allegria."
L'Arpeggiata - The Golden Tower (Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2024)